ClimateWire headlines — Thursday, January 24, 2013 — 8:19 AM

SPOTLIGHT

SNOWMASS, Colo. -- Oct. 13, 2009, was the day when Stewart Brand -- a former guru to the environmental movement -- published his book "Whole Earth Discipline." It stressed the need for nuclear power to help reduce the risks of climate change. On the same day, his former friend and business associate, Amory Lovins, retaliated with a 20,000-word barrage on the Internet.

A grotesque and devastating brain condition that stalks infants in sub-Saharan Africa waxes and wanes with rainfall, opening a new door for how health officials can manage it, according to recent findings.